Monday, August 10, 2009

Meanwhile, though Gladney appears to be just fine in the video right after he was supposedly beaten up, he showed up the next day at a tea party event in a wheelchair. At the event, Bill Hennessy, the organizer of the St. Louis tea parties, asked the crowd to donate money to Gladney to help him pay for his injuries, despite the fact that he now says he has insurance. When I asked Brown about this, he said: “Well, who doesn't need a donation? If people want to give him a donation because he's injured and unemployed, that's up to them.” Brown said Gladney has raised about $1,100 in donations so far.